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The Thomson Reuters Foundation stands for free, independent journalism, human rights, women's empowerment, and the rule of law.As students map the weather, an Indian village bests its water woeshttp://news.trust.org/item/20190823023803-j3ka7/
A weather station monitored by students - part of a range of water-smart innovations - has turned around a parched villagehttp://news.trust.org/item/20190823023803-j3ka7/Fri, 23 Aug 2019 03:00:00 GMTINSIGHT - India turns tables on traffickers with child-friendly courtshttp://news.trust.org/item/20190818233712-dakql/
Just one in four trafficking cases in India ends in conviction and trials can stretch for years, with victims often withdrawing their complaints after being intimidated by traffickershttp://news.trust.org/item/20190818233712-dakql/Mon, 19 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMTIndia passes 'historic' minimum wage law amid activist worrieshttp://news.trust.org/item/20190802170845-5q2uq/
The "historic" bill would for the first time ensure about 500 million Indian workers received minimum payhttp://news.trust.org/item/20190802170845-5q2uq/Fri, 2 Aug 2019 17:30:00 GMTNew taskforces to tackle 'missing wombs' scandal in rural Indiahttp://news.trust.org/item/20190802055817-0bxk9/
A Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation in three Indian states found that families were taking loans for unnecessary hysterectomies, forcing many into debt or slaveryhttp://news.trust.org/item/20190802055817-0bxk9/Fri, 2 Aug 2019 06:19:00 GMTIndia's parched fields yield rich crop of women copshttp://news.trust.org/item/20190704014634-nr52k/
As worsening water shortages make life as struggle, woman are turning to a new career: the police forcehttp://news.trust.org/item/20190704014634-nr52k/Thu, 4 Jul 2019 02:05:00 GMTStruggle for water intensifies as taps run dry in Indiahttp://news.trust.org/item/20190620234201-h6076/
India faces the worst long-term water crisis in its history as demand outstrips supply, with millions of lives and livelihoods at riskhttp://news.trust.org/item/20190620234201-h6076/Fri, 21 Jun 2019 00:00:00 GMTIndia heatwave deaths rise to 36, poorest workers worst hithttp://news.trust.org/item/20190612091043-u1sqo/
Drought expert says heatwave is the worst ever with 23 states expected to be impactedhttp://news.trust.org/item/20190612091043-u1sqo/Wed, 12 Jun 2019 09:28:00 GMTL is for lesbian, G is for gay: Indian parents learn ABC of LGBThttp://news.trust.org/item/20190610054749-jyhfd/
In a landmark judgment, India's top court struck down colonial-era criminalisation of homosexuality last September, though anti-gay discrimination and LGBT abuse remain widespreadhttp://news.trust.org/item/20190610054749-jyhfd/Mon, 10 Jun 2019 06:04:00 GMTRecord number of women set to enter India parliamenthttp://news.trust.org/item/20190524131233-0e2x9/
India was one of the first countries to have a female leader, but more than five decades after Indira Gandhi became prime minister, women's participation in politics remains stubbornly lowhttp://news.trust.org/item/20190524131233-0e2x9/Fri, 24 May 2019 13:28:00 GMTIndian politicians don't walk the talk on womenhttp://news.trust.org/item/20190509122903-14t90/
India was one of the first countries to have a female head of state, yet female participation in politics remains stubbornly lowhttp://news.trust.org/item/20190509122903-14t90/Thu, 9 May 2019 12:44:00 GMTINVESTIGATION-Missing wombs: the health scandal enslaving families in rural Indiahttp://news.trust.org/item/20190507234611-scfuj/
The cost of hysterectomies - often prescribed for treating minor ailments - is leaving families destitute and trapping them in debt bondagehttp://news.trust.org/item/20190507234611-scfuj/Wed, 8 May 2019 00:01:00 GMTIndian slavery survivor wins top payout after two-year court battlehttp://news.trust.org/item/20190430151804-lcjkm/
India increased compensation for slavery survivors in 2016, but no one had received the full amount until this month because the payments are linked to a conviction, which can take yearshttp://news.trust.org/item/20190430151804-lcjkm/Tue, 30 Apr 2019 15:32:00 GMTRevered yet rejected, India's trans women seek their place in parliamenthttp://news.trust.org/item/20190410125903-c2e7y/
At least five transgender candidates are standing in the national election in what activists say may be a turning point for the community, historically one of India's most marginalisedhttp://news.trust.org/item/20190410125903-c2e7y/Wed, 10 Apr 2019 13:12:00 GMTCreches, courts and quotas - India's rival parties woo women as polls loomhttp://news.trust.org/item/20190408174704-6zkhr/
About 432 million of India's voters are female and they are a major focus for parties competing for power in the world's largest democracyhttp://news.trust.org/item/20190408174704-6zkhr/Mon, 8 Apr 2019 17:59:00 GMTEnd bondage, demand millions of Indian brick kiln workers as polls loomhttp://news.trust.org/item/20190329061949-0cypk/
Brick kiln workers are often trafficked from their villages, lured by the prospect of a good job and cash advanceshttp://news.trust.org/item/20190329061949-0cypk/Fri, 29 Mar 2019 06:32:00 GMT